Small note: there will likely still be a risk premium for seed funding.
Thought experiment: isn't it _less_ risky to do your own thing with funding than stay in a corporate gig? I know a lot of people not very trusting of people who have stayed too long in BigCo emeritus positions, as they tend to think everything requires an intra-company social event before, during, and after work gets done.
I am... not sure that's true. But SF culture could get there very soon (assuming it's a social issue of who would want to hire you later -- I think you'd learn more from a startup, so it's not _only_ a social issue). Probably is already there for low-status technology use -- let's say PHP development? -- at giant corporations.
Small note: there will likely still be a risk premium for seed funding.
Thought experiment: isn't it _less_ risky to do your own thing with funding than stay in a corporate gig? I know a lot of people not very trusting of people who have stayed too long in BigCo emeritus positions, as they tend to think everything requires an intra-company social event before, during, and after work gets done.
I am... not sure that's true. But SF culture could get there very soon (assuming it's a social issue of who would want to hire you later -- I think you'd learn more from a startup, so it's not _only_ a social issue). Probably is already there for low-status technology use -- let's say PHP development? -- at giant corporations.